[PATCH v13 01/13] irqchip/sifive-plic: Convert PLIC driver into a platform driver

Anup Patel apatel at ventanamicro.com
Thu Feb 22 01:25:41 PST 2024


On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 3:39 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 20 2024 at 11:37, Anup Patel wrote:
> > The PLIC driver does not require very early initialization so let
> > us convert it into a platform driver.
>
> s/let us convert/convert/
>
> Please us passive voice and imperative mood all over the changelogs. No
> we/us, let....

Okay, I will update.

>
> > As part of the conversion, the PLIC probing undergoes the following
> > changes:
> > 1. Use dev_info(), dev_err() and dev_warn() instead of pr_info(),
> >    pr_err() and pr_warn()
> > 2. Use devm_xyz() APIs wherever applicable
> > 3. PLIC is now probed after CPUs are brought-up so we have to
> >    setup cpuhp state after context handler of all online CPUs
> >    are initialized otherwise we see crash on multi-socket systems
>
> This patch is really doing too many things at once, which makes it hard
> to review. Can you split this into digestable pieces please?

Sure, I will split this into smaller granular patches.

>
> >               if (unlikely(err))
> > -                     pr_warn_ratelimited("can't find mapping for hwirq %lu\n",
> > +                     dev_warn_ratelimited(handler->priv->dev,
> > +                                     "can't find mapping for hwirq %lu\n",
> >                                       hwirq);
>
> Nit. Please use brackets around the condition. See:
>
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-tip.html#bracket-rules
>
> for reasoning.

Okay, I will update.

Regards,
Anup



More information about the linux-riscv mailing list